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Continuity of Prophethood
Proofs from Holy Quran, Hadiths and list of Islamic Scholars of the Past
1) Chapter 1: Al-Fatihah Verse: 6, 7
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[1:6] Guide us in t he right pat h [1:7] The pat h of t hose on whom Thou hast best owed Thy blessings, t hose who
have not incurred Thy displeasure, and t hose who have not gone ast ray.

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2) Chapter 4: Al-Nisa' Verse: 70
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[4:70] And whoso obeys Allah and t his Messenger of His shall be among t hose on whom Allah has best owed
His blessings, namely, t he Prophet s, t he Trut hful, t he Mart yrs, and t he Right eous. And excellent companions
are t hese.
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3) Chapter 3: Aal-e-`Imran Verse: 82
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[3:82] And r emember t he t ime when Allah t ook a covenant from t he people t hrough t he Prophet s, saying:
What ever I give you of t he Book and Wisdom and t hen t here comes t o you a Messenger, fulfilling t hat which is
wit h you, you shall believe in him and help him. And He said: Do you agree, and do you accept t he
responsibilit y which I lay upon you in t his mat t er? They said, We agree; He said, Then bear wit ness, and I am
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4) Chapter 33: Al-Ahzab Verse: 8
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[33:8] And r emember when We t ook from t he Prophet s t heir covenant , and from t hee, and fr om Noah, and
Abraham, and Moses, and Jesus, son of Mary, and We indeed t ook from t hem a solemn covenant ;
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5) Chapter 7: Al-A`raf Verse: 36
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[7:36] O children of Adam! if Messengers come t o you from among yourselves, rehearsing My Signs unt o you,
t hen whoso shall fear God and do good deeds, on t hem shall come no fear nor shall t hey grieve.
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6) Chapter 33: Al-Ahzab Verse: 41
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[33:41] Muhammad is not t he fat her of any of your men, but he is t he Messenger of Allah and t he Seal of t he
Prophet s; and Allah has full knowledge of all t hings.
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7) Chapter 62: Al-Jumu`ah Verse: 3, 4
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[62:3] He it is Who has raised among t he Unlet t ered people a Messenger from among t hemselves who recit es
unt o t hem His Signs, and purifies t hem, and t eaches t hem t he Book and wisdom, alt hough t hey had been,
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[62:4] And among ot hers from among t hem who have not yet j oined t hem. He is t he Might y, t he Wise.
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8) Chapter 5: Al-Ma'idah Verse: 21
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[5:21] And r emember when Moses said t o his people, O my people, call t o mind Allahs favour upon you when
He appoint ed Prophet s among you and made you kings, and gave you what He gave not t o any ot her among
t he peoples.
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9) Chapter 45: Al-Jathiyah Verse: 17
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[45:17] And verily, We gave t he children of I srael t he Book, and sovereignt y, and prophet hood; and We pr ovided
t hem wit h good and pure t hings, and We exalt ed t hem over t he peoples of t he t ime.
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10) Chapter 22: Al-Hajj Verse: 76
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[22:76] Allah chooses His Messengers from among angels, and from among men. Surely, Allah is All- Hearing,
All- Seeing.
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11) Chapter 40: Al-Mu'min Verse: 35
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[40:35] And Joseph did come t o you before wit h clear proofs, but you ceased not t o be in doubt concerning t hat
wit h which he came t o you t ill, when he died, you said: Allah will never raise up a Messenger aft er him. Thus
does Allah adj udge as lost t hose who t ransgress, and are doubt ers,
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12) Chapter 3: Aal-e-`Imran Verse: 180
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[3:180] Allah would not leave t he believers as you are, unt il He separat ed t he wicked from t he good. Nor would
Allah reveal t o you t he unseen. But Allah chooses of His Messengers whom He pleases. Believe, t herefore, in
Allah and His Messengers. I f you believe and be right eous, you shall have a great reward.
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13) Chapter 24: Al-Nur Verse: 56
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[24:56] Allah has promised t o t hose among you who believe and do good works t hat He will sur ely make t hem
Successors in t he eart h, as He made Successors from among t hose who were before t hem; and t hat He will
surely est ablish for t hem t heir religion which He has chosen for t hem; and t hat He will surely give t hem in
exchange securit y and peace aft er t heir fear : They will worship Me, and t hey will not associat e anyt hing wit h
Me. Then whoso is ungrat eful aft er t hat , t hey will be t he r ebellious.
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Few Proofs from Hadiths

"I AM THE LAST OF THE PROPHETS AND YOU ARE THE LAST OF THE PEOPLES" (Sahih
Muslim)
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"INNEE AAKHIRUL ANBIYAAI WA INNA MASJIDEE AAKHIRUL MASAAJID"
I AM THE LAST OF THE PROPHETS AND MY MOSQUE IS THE LAST MOSQUE. (Sahih Muslim,
Kitabul Haj Fazlis Salaat, p. 531)




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List of Scholars who wrote about Continuity if Prophethood:
1. Abdul Karim Jilani ( Al I nsanul Kamil Page 115, Vol 1. Ch 36. Page 69)
2. Hazrat h I mam Raghib Al I sfahani( Al bahr ul Muheet Vol. 3, Page 699)
3. Hazrat h I mam Muhyuddin I bn Ar abi ( Fusus ul Hikam, Page 134- 135) & ( Al Fut uhat al Makkiyya
Page 177- 178)
4. Hazrat h I mam Mullah Ali Qari ( Al Asrar alMurfuah fil Akhbar alMauzuah page 192)
5. Muhaddit h Hazr at h Shah Waliullah Delhi ( Tafheemat e I lahiyya Part 2 Page 85)
6. Hazrat h Abu Abdullah Muhammad Bin Ali Hussain Al Hakim of Tirmidhi ( Kit ab Khat m ul Auliya
Page 341)
7. Hazrat h Maulana Rumi ( Mift ah ul Ulum vol 15 page 56- 57) & ( Mift ah ul Ulum vol 13 page
98, 152)
8. Nawab Siddiq Hassan Khan of Ahl - e- Hadi t h ( I qt r ab ul Saat Page 162)
9. Moulana Muhammad Qasim Nanaut a Deobandi ( Tahzir ul Naas Page 4, 5 & 34) & ( Mubahit ha
Page 24/ 25)
10. Hazrat h Abu Saeed Mubar ak ( Tofha Mursalah Sharief Page 5)
11. Hazrat h I mam Muhammad bin Abdul Baqee & I bni Asakar ( Zarqani Sharah Mwahabui Luddunia
Vol3 Page 163 and Sehlul Huda wal I rshad Page 55)
12. Qari Abdul Tayyab of Deoband ( Talimat i I slam aur Masihi Aqwam Page 223/ 224)
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13. Muhaddit h Hazr at h Sheikh Ahmad Farooqi of Sarhind ( Makt ubat I mam Rabbani, Hazrat h
Muj addid Alf Thani)
14. Hazrat h Maulana Faranghi Mahal - Sunni ( Maulvi Abul Hayee: Maj muah Fat awa Vol 1. Page
144)
15. Hazrat h Maulana Abul Hasanat Abul Hayee - Sunni ( Dafe ul Waswas Page 16)
16. Hazrat h Maulana Jalalud Din Rumi ( Mat hnavi Maulana Rum: Ch 1. Page 53)
17. Hazrat h Mazhar Jan Janan Naqshabandi ( Maqamat i Mazhari Page 88)
18. Hazrat h I mam Abu Jafar Sadiq - 6t h I mam of Shi a( )
19. Hazrat h Mullah Ali bin Muhammad Sult an al Qari - Hanaf i ( Al I shaat Fi Ashrat us Saat Page
226)
20. Hazrat h I mam Abdul Wahab Sherani ( Al Yawaqeet Wal Jawahar Vol 2. Page 25)
21. Hazrat h Hafiz Barkhurdar ( Nibras 445 foot not e)
22. Nawab Siddique Hasan Khan - Ahl e Hadi t h ( I qt ar abus Saat Page 162)
23. Sheikh ul I mam I bne Qat eebah ( Taqil Mukht aliful Ahadit h Page 236)
24. Hazrat h Shahabud Din Ahmad Haj ar al Hashmi ( Al Fat wa al Hadisiya Page 125)
Her e ar e som e i nst ances of t he use of t he ex pr essi on Khat am i n t he
connot at i on of hi gh, em i nent , ex cel l ent et c.
But not m eani ng t he l ast :

1. KHATAM- USH- SHU' ARAA ( seal of poet s) was used for t he poet Abu Tamam. ( Wafiyat ul A' yan,
vol. 1, p. 123, Cairo)
2. KHATAM- USH- SHU' ARAA again, used for Abul Tayyeb. ( Muqaddama Deewanul Mut anabbi,
Egypt ian p. 4)
3. KHATAM- USH- SHU' ARAA again, used for Abul ' Ala Alme' ry. ( ibid, p. 4, foot not e)
4. KHATAM- USH- SHU' ARAA used for Shaikh Ali Huzain in I ndia. ( Hayat i Sa' di, p. 117)
5. KHATAM- USH- SHU' ARAA used for Habeeb Shairaazi in I ran. ( Hayat i Sa' di, p. 87)
Not e here t hat all five people have been given t he above t it le. How
could it be int erpret ed as "last ". They did not come and go at t he
exact same t ime.
6. KHATAM- AL- AULI YAA ( seal of saint s) for Hazrat Ali ( May God be pleased wit h him) .
( Tafsir Safi, Chapt er AlAhzab)
Can no ot her person now at t ain wilaayat , if " seal" meant last ?
7. KHATAM- AL- AULI YAA used for I mam Shaf' ee. ( Al Tuhfat us Sunniyya, p. 45)
8. KHATAM- AL- AULI YAA used for Shaikh I bnul ' Arabee. ( Fat oohat i Makkiyyah, on t it le page)
9. KHATAM- AL- KARAAM ( seal of remedies) used for camphor. ( Sharah Deewanul
Mut anabbee, p. 304)
Has no medicine been found or used aft er camphor, if "seal" means
"last "?
10. KHATAM- AL- A' I MMAH ( seal of religious leaders) used for I mam Muhammad ' Abdah of
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Egypt . ( Tafseer Alfat ehah, p. 148)
Don' t we have leaders t oday?
11. KHATAM- ATUL- MUJAHI DEEN ( seal of crusaders) for AlSayyad Ahmad Sanosi. ( Akhbar AlJami' at ul
I slamiyyah, Palest ine, 27 Muharram, 1352 A. H. )
12. KHATAM- ATUL- ULAMAA-
ALMUHAQQI QEEN
( seal of research scholars) used for Ahmad Bin I drees. ( Al' Aqadun
Nafees)
13. KHATAM- ATUL-
MUHAQQI QEEN
( seal of researchers) for Abul Fazl Aloosi. ( on t he t it le page of t he
Comment aryRoohul Ma' aanee)
14. KHATAM- AL- MUHAQQI QEEN used for Shaikh AlAzhar Saleem Al Bashree. ( Al Haraab, p. 372)
15. KHATAM- ATUL-
MUHAQQI QEEN
used for I mam Siyot ee. ( Tit le page ofTafseerul Taqaan)
16. KHATAM- AL- MUHADDI THEEN ( seal of nar rat ors) for Hazrat Shah Waliyyullah of Delhi. ( ' I j aalah
Naafi' ah, vol. 1)
17. KHATAMAT- AL- HUFFAAZ ( seal of cust odians) for AlShaikh Shamsuddin. ( AlTaj reedul Sareeh
Muqaddimah, p. 4)
A "hafiz" is one who has memorised t he full arabic t ext of t he Holy
Quran. Two of my cousins happen t o belong t o t his cat egory and
more people will memorize it .
18. KHATAM- AL- AULI A ( seal of saint s) used for t he great est saint . ( Tazkirat ul Auliyaa' , p.
422)
19. KHATAM- AL- AULI A used for a saint who complet es st ages of progress. ( Fat oohul Ghaib,
p. 43)
20. KHATAM- ATUL- FUQAHAA ( seal of j urist s) used for Al Shaikh Naj eet . ( Akhbaar Siraat al
Must aqeem Yaafaa, 27 Raj ab, 1354 A. H. )
21. KHATAM- AL- MUFASSI REEN ( seal of comment at ors or exeget es) for Shaikh Rasheed Raza. ( Al
Jaami' at ul I slamia, 9 Jamadiy t haani, 1354 A. H. )
22. KHATAM- ATUL- FUQAHAA used for Shaikh Abdul Haque. ( Tafseerul Akleel, t it le page)
23. KHATAM- ATUL-
MUHAQQI QEEN
( seal of researchers) for Al Shaikh Muhammad Naj eet . ( Al I slam Asr
Shi' baan, 1354 A. H. )
24. KHATAM- AL- WALAAYAT ( seal of saint hood) for best saint . ( Muqaddimah I bne Khuldoon, p.
271)
25. KHATAM- AL- MUHADDI THEEN
WAL MUFASSI REEN
( seal of nar rat ors and comment at ors) used for Shah ' Abdul ' Azeez.
( Hadiyyat ul Shi' ah, p. 4)
26. KHATAM- AL- MAKHLOOQAAT
AL- JI SMAANI YYAH
( seal of bodily creat ures) used for t he human being. ( Tafseer
Kabeer, vol. 2, p. 22, published in Egypt )
27. KHATAM- ATUL- HUFFAAZ used for Shaikh Muhammad Abdullah. ( Al Rasaail Naadirah, p. 30)
28. KHATAM- ATUL-
MUHAQQI QEEN
used for Allaama Sa' duddeen Taft aazaani. ( Shara' Hadeet hul
Arba' een, p. 1)
29. KHATAM- ATUL- HUFFAAZ used for I bn Haj r ul ' Asqalaani. ( Tabqaat ul Madlaseen, t it le page)
30. KHATAM- AL- MUFASSI REEN ( seal of comment at ors) used for Maulvi Muhammad Qaasim.
( I sraare Quraani, t it le page)
31. KHATAM- AL- MUHADDI THEEN ( seal of nar rat ors) used for I mam Siyot ee. ( Hadiyyat ul Shee' ah, p.
210)
32. KHATAM- AL- HUKKAAM ( seal of rulers) used for kings. ( Huj j at ul I slam, p. 35)
33. KHATAM- AL- KAAMI LEEN ( seal of t he perfect ) used for t he Holy Prophet ( pbuh) . (Huj j at ul
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I slam, p. 35)
34. KHATAM- AL- MARAATAB ( seal of st at uses) for st at us of humanit y. ( ' I lmul Kit aab, p. 140)
We have t he "highest , not "last " st at us.
35. KHATAM- AL- KAMAALAAT ( seal of miracles) for t he Holy Prophet ( pbuh) . ( ibid, p. 140)
36. KHATAM- AL- ASFI YAA AL
A' I MMAH
( seal of myst ics of t he nat ion) for Jesus ( peace be on him) .
( Baqiyyat ul Mut aqaddimeen, p. 184)
37. KHATAM- AL- AUSI YAA ( seal of advisers) for Hazrat Ali ( R. A. A. ) . ( Minar Al Hudaa, p. 106)
38. KHATAM- AL- MU' ALLI MEEN ( seal of t eachers/ scholars) used for t he Holy Prophet ( pbuh) .
( Alsiraat ul Sawee by Allama Muhammad Sabt ain
Now, I am a t eacher myself, and you know t hat I st ill exist , AFTER
t he Holy Pr ophet ( pbuh) , but I am nowhere close t o being able t o
t each as PERFECTLY as he could or did. How t hen could he be "last "
of t eachers? Seal means "best " here and not " last ".
39. KHATAM- AL- MUHADDI THEEN ( seal of nar rat ors) for Al Shaikhul Sadooq. ( Kit aab Man Laa
Yahdarahul Faqeeh)
40. KHATAM- AL- MUHADDI THEEN used for Maulvi Anwar Shah of Kashmir. ( Kit aab Raeesul Ahrar, p.
99)